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Post by redbrain on Dec 22, 2007 12:15:52 GMT
I'm going to try to insert an image again: No - I've no idea what I'm doing wrong.
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Post by dem bones on Dec 22, 2007 13:05:15 GMT
Ah. Had a look under the dashboard, so to speak, and I can see the problem. You're trying to hot link to an image posted on another site which isn't exactly the done thing. Try this approach. 1. Save the picture you want to your harddrive. It's also a good idea to rename it. 2. If you've not already done so, open an account with photobucket (or similar) photobucket.com/3. Upload the picture to Photobucket (no nudies; it doesn't like 'em) 4. Copy the code in 'Direct link' (2nd from top) 5. Now, when you come to posting on here, place the code between [/img] and you're away! I've added the cover to your post (press the 'modify' button and you'll see the code). So, what were you going to say about Horror Hits, red?
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Post by redbrain on Dec 23, 2007 20:59:34 GMT
What I was going to say was that there are several compilation CDs that are something like a pop music equivalent of a horror anthology. I think that Ace Record's These Ghoulish Things may be the best of them. It includes a number of really obscure horror hits as well as the pick of the better known ones.
The 28 tracks are as follows:
1. Radio Plug For Monster Mash On Station KFWB - Bobby 'Boris' Picket 2. Screamin' Ball At Dracula Hall - The Duponts 3. Drac's Back - Billy De Marco With Count Dracula 4. Midnight Stroll - The Revels 5. Ghost Train - Virgil Holmes 6. The Mummy's Ball - The Verdicts 7. Frankenstein's Den - The Hollywood Flames 8. I'm The Wolfman - Round Robin 9. Spooksville - The Nu-Trends 10. The Munsters Theme - Milton De Lugg Orch 11. Coolest Little Monster - John Zacherle 12. Monster Party - Bill Doggett 13. The Creature (From Outer Space) - The Jayhawks 14. Mr Werewolf - The Kact - Ties 15. Radio Station Promo For Bill Gavin - Bobby 'Boris' Picket 16. My Son, The Vampire - Allan Sherman 17. The Monster - Bobby Please & The Pleasers 18. Theme From The Addams Family - The Fiends 19. Nightmare Mash - Billy Lee Riley 20. The Voodoo Walk - Sonny Richard's Panics (With Cindy And Misty) 21. Feast Of The Mau Mau - Screamin' Jay Hawkins 22. Frankenstein's Party - The Swingin' Phillies 23. Legend Of Sleepy Hollow - The Monotones 24. Bo Meets The Monster - Bo Diddley 25. Rockin' In The Graveyard - Jackie Morningstar 26. Radio Plug For Monster Mash On Station WCOP - Bobby 'Boris' Picket 27. Monster Mash - Bobby Boris Pickett And The Crypt Kickers 28. The Vampire - Orvin Yoes (Bonus Track)
Of course, now that I'm a Crypt Kicker on this board, me and Bobby Boris Pickett are good pals.
Does anyone else on here recall Legs & Co's interpretation of Monster Mash for TOTP?
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Post by dem bones on Dec 24, 2007 7:31:04 GMT
Does anyone else on here recall Legs & Co's interpretation of Monster Mash for TOTP? Well, Pans People actually and yes, I recall it very fondly indeed. You can watch the entire clip here! Monster Mash You might also wanna check out the following thread on the old Vault board. Pans People: Divine or merely celestial? Sadly, Bobby passed away on April 25th this year. One of my best ever internet moments was when I got an email from the graveyard smash himself in answer to an enquiry about another Monster Mash promo video. I'm pretty sure we've attempted to compile our own imaginary equivalents of These Ghoulish Things in the past, but it wouldn't hurt to have another crack on here.
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Post by weirdmonger on Dec 24, 2007 8:56:17 GMT
Well, Pans People actually and yes, I recall it very fondly indeed. You can watch the entire clip here! Monster Mash Looks like Ruby Flipper to me! des
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Post by redbrain on Dec 24, 2007 13:36:22 GMT
Looks like Ruby Flipper to me! des Oh no - Des - Ruby Flipper included at least one man. (Where was the point of that - apart from political correctness gone mad?)
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Dec 24, 2007 15:30:38 GMT
I missed this thread. I had no idea here was a Pan's People section. Sad to see they ditched the dance routines at the BBC. That would have been a couple of days viewing for me so maybe its just as well.
Craig
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Post by redbrain on Dec 24, 2007 17:59:08 GMT
I missed this thread. I had no idea here was a Pan's People section. Sad to see they ditched the dance routines at the BBC. That would have been a couple of days viewing for me so maybe its just as well. Craig The reason they ditched the dance routines was, I believe, the rise of the pop video. The dance routines were for hits from artists who couldn't or wouldn't be in the TOTP studio. Once there were videos to go with these hits, there was no pressing need to employ the dancers. A shame!
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Post by redbrain on Jan 4, 2008 17:04:04 GMT
Now, I’m going to go through the 28 tracks, commenting on them as I listen. I expect this to be in a number of installments.
1. Radio Plug For Monster Mash On Station KFWB - Bobby 'Boris' Picket This brief (37 second) track is not exactly a horror hit – but it does what it says on the tin. Creepy organ work and Bela Logosi-like voice. Nice.
2. Screamin' Ball At Dracula Hall - The Duponts The intro starts with creaking (coffin lid?) and howling. Dates to 1958 – solid 50s rock n’ roll. I think it may have influenced Bobby ‘Boris’ Picket. Worth a listen.
3. Drac's Back - Billy De Marco With Count Dracula From 1962. Includes squeaky (squawky?) voiced female backing singers. A lot of the lyrics more spoken than sung. More of a curiosity than Screamin' Ball At Dracula Hall, I feel.
4. Midnight Stroll - The Revels Starts with thudding on a drum and a tolling bell. Includes maniac cackling, but mostly a lugubrious delivery. Dates to 1959. The ending brings back the tolling bell.
5. Ghost Train - Virgil Holmes Inevitably, starts with a train whistle. Good solid beat from 1961. Nice track, I think.
6. The Mummy's Ball - The Verdicts Decent quality early 60s (1961) rock ‘n roll. A bit of spoken lyric with a suitably sinister laugh. Another one that I like.
7. Frankenstein's Den - The Hollywood Flames This one (from 1958) is more gimmicky. A bit of a mess, I think – but there are some good hysterical whoops in the background.
8. I'm The Wolfman - Round Robin A nice rockabilly sound on this one (from 1965). Nice werewolf roars, too, although not over the top. Well - maybe the roaring would have been better had it been more OTT. Still, certainly a song well worth catching.
More later, dudes and dudesses…
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Post by redbrain on Jan 5, 2008 19:30:56 GMT
Just one this time:
9. Spooksville - The Nu-Trends Dating to 1963.
Begins with really good maniac cackling. The cackling is reprised at the end, but not done quite so well. In between the cackling there’s a rather lumbering beat that put me a bit in mind of Alley Oop.
Here’s two lines from the lyrics.
There were people half dead There were people no heads
I would have thought that the people with no heads would be more than half dead – but perhaps the two lines record the presence of two entirely separate sets of people.
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Post by Calenture on Jan 5, 2008 21:11:22 GMT
This CD looks like fun, but I think almost any Type O Negative CD would make a good Hallowe'en Theme Soundtrack. ...especially if it included Creepy Green Light.
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Post by dem bones on Jan 8, 2008 12:39:43 GMT
The D-I-Y fan video didn't really do it for me but i'm delighted that someone on YouTube has posted one of my all time fave death discs! For those who've yet to endure the dubious pleasure, I Want My Baby Back, a 1965 masterpiece by Jimmy Cross tells the sad, deliciously sick story of how our man and his baby were heading home from the Beatles concert when "some mutt-head on a motor sickle" drove straight into them, and ....... Incredible as it now seems, this was once voted "the worst record of all time" (albeit by the Great British public: maybe forget the "Incredible") but there's more imagination at work in this three and a bit minutes than anything you'll hear in today's fab smash pop charts and the ending is perfection! As is ever the case with YouTube, you have to be nifty so if you're so inclined, hit the link and listen while you can!
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Post by franklinmarsh on Jan 11, 2008 13:01:50 GMT
Top album, Redbrain. As voted for by Kenny Everett's listeners Dem?
I'm sure we discussed 'horror' songs by various groups on the old board.
The Cramps (who may be playing London this August) are as good a starting place as any. Fusing 50s rockabilly with 60s garage and an EC comics sensibility they oozed, we throbbed. It would be difficult to sum them up but the compiliation Off The Bone collecting early singles will give you a pretty good idea. They also had a massive influence on Brit Rockabillies, many of whom didn't fancy singing about pink clothes and cadillacs. Witness (the Legendary) Raw Deal, who became the Meteors. Rock 'n' roll played at punk speed with lyrics about monsters, vampires, graveyards etc. Dem and I often lauded Screamin' Lord Sutch who may have filched his act from Screamin' Jay Hawkins but endowed the horrific subject matter with a curiously British tongue-in-cheek spoofability. And at least some of the Monster Raving Loony Part's manifesto has become law. You can't beat Jack The Ripper from MiLords repertoire. Various punks flirted with horror trappings, notably The Damned's vampire singer Dave Vanian (as in Transyl - formerly Letts) - they've even gone on tour this year with a Rocky Horror/House of a 1000 Corpses roadshow. Some clips are on Youtube if you've a strong stomach. Bleurgh!) Slaughter and The Dogs could muster not only Victims Of The Vampire, but also Edgar Allan Poe, complete with swishing pendulum in the middle. I've also a liking for late period Misfits, American horror-punks whose every song in their later incarnation is the title of a horror (or sf) film. Unfortunately the 'music' heads in the thrash-metal direction but there are compensations. Even Charlie Harper of the UK Subs managed to croak out 'I Walked With A Zombie' on the Mad Cow Fever album.
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Post by carolinec on Jan 11, 2008 13:29:08 GMT
I have in my collection of late 60s/early 70s vinyl a great album by Black Widow called "Sacrifice". I believe they had a minor hit with a single from it - "Come to the Sabbat". As you can imagine, it's witchcraft-themed - some great music, and the lead singer has a fine singing voice.
I seem to recall they caused a stir with their concerts by sacrificing chickens on stage - something which I totally disapprove of, being an animal lover.
I haven't been able to dig it out at this point, to give you exact details of date, tracks, etc, but I will do so when I've got time. I'm also going to try to master PhotoBucket some time so that I can put the cover up here for you - it's a good 'un! (not to mention that will also allow me to add things to Des' cover ark)
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Post by sean on Jan 11, 2008 13:47:21 GMT
Tom Lehrer's 'Poisoning Pigeons in the Park' as well as a few of his other songs would probably fit into this category.
The album 'Strange House' by The Horrors opens with a cover version of Screaming Lord Sutch's 'Jack the Ripper'. It sounds a bit Birthday Party-ish, which leads neatly on to their single 'Release the Bats'!
Several of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds songs could be counted as horror, possibly the funniest, most over the top being 'O'Malley's Bar' from 'Murder Ballads'.
Alice Donut - The Tingler (William Castle film)
Bauhaus - The Man with the X-ray Eyes (Corman film)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - 92 degrees (based on the Bradbury story 'Touched by Fire')
The Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes (story of a transplant operation using the eyes of the serial killer of the title)
Fields of the Nephilim - Last Exit for the Lost (waffles on about Cthulhu as one point)
The Damned - loads of songs (eg 'Plan 9 Channel 7', 'These Hands', 'Grimly Feindish' etc etc)
The Meteors (as mentioned by Franklin) - Sick Things, and a brilliant cover of 'Get off My Cloud' set in a mental institution.
Doctor and the Crippens also did a few horrory songs, such as 'Zombies in Disneyland'
Pixies - (In Heaven) Lady in the Radiator Song (from 'Eraserhead')
The Very Things - The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes (the entire album is B-movie SF horror heaven!)
I'll stop now!
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